Garment press



Oct. 6, 1931. B. J. YANCHENKO GARMENT PRESS Original Filed Ailg. 14, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR ,Bm g J. yam cheno.

Oct. 6, 1931. B. J. YANCHENKO I 1,826,442

GARMENT PRESS Original Filed Aug. 14 25 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR K 2 3 ,Bm L J ,ycmcfienfo AT 9 NEYS or jaws,

Patented ct. 6, 1931i.-

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BASIL J. YANCHENKO, NEW YORK, N. Y'., ASSIGNOR TO THE PROSPERITY COMIANY,

ENG, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK GARMENT PRESS Application filed. August 14, 1925, Serial No. 50,172. Renewed June 26, 1929.

This invention relates to pressing machines and more particularly to improvements therein intended to simplify the structure, diminish the weight, and reduce the number of parts.

In particular, an object is to produce a pressing machine of the wide ppenmg aw type which may have its pressing members such as the head and buck thereof, substantially balanced one with the Other, or suitably overbalanced so as to normally open the press by the weight of one of the press jaws, the result of which is to entirely eliminate the large heavy counter-balancing weight ordinarily used to balance the head of a garment press or ironing mach ne. In other words the balancing means is inherent in the press jaws.

It is also an object to produce a novel pressing head operating mechanism including an upright carried on faced radius links which are pivoted on the press frame whereby the head is adapted to undergo a compound motion, vertically and laterally, in relation to the pressing buck.

Other objects will be apparent from the following specification and claims and the structure herein disclosed is intended as exemplary of the principle of the invention, the construction of which may be varied in certaiir respects without departing from the principles involved.

Figure 1 shows a side View of the press in closed position; and Figure 2 shows the press open.

The present disclosure is directed to foot operated presses but my invention contemplates the use of this construction and principle with motor means for producing a power press.

A simple type pedestal frame rising from a. base 11 is used to mount the operating parts and two spaced parallel levers 12 are pivoted at 13 on the pedestal. A buck standard 15 is pivotally mounted at 16 to the front endsof the levers 12 while a head standard 18 is pivoted at 19 to the rear ends of the levers 12. The head standard 18 extends'upwardly and reaches around a table and extends forwardly as an integral horizontal arm or extension 17' to which is attached a press head; and a handle 22 is mounted on the front end of the arm 17 Cooperating press members or jaws are fixed to the standards, a head 20 being carried by the standard 18 and a buck 21 being mounted on the upper end of the standard 15.

The jaws 20 and 21 carried on the accessory parts may be so constructed that they substantially balance one against the other and the bearings for the levers 12 and other con-v nections may be roller bearings if desired so that the press opens and closes very easily. I may prefer to make the buck 21 slightly heavier than the head 20 in order that the press automatically opens by reason of gravity acting on the heavier parts. In this way the press is caused to stand open at all times when it is not in use. Thus I construct a pressing machine which carries an over-balanced head if desired thereby causing the press to open by gravity in the same way that presses now 1 in use function, but this is accomplished without resorting to the use of the large heavy counter-balancing weight ordinarily carried on a long horizontal arm such as characterizes garment presses now largely in use. On the other hand the operator may very easily open the press by lifting up on the handle 22 inasmuch as the moving parts may be in exact balance, or by pushing downwardly on the press table.

Operating means are provided to apply pressure to the jaws subsequently to the closing action and in the present disclosure I show foot operated means for applying pres- 'sure. To this end a pedal 24 is pivoted at 25 in the frame and has an upwardly extending cam face 26 which is formed eccentric to the pivot center 25. This cam 26 cooperates with a roller 27 carried on the lower bearing pin 19. After the press jaws are closed the roller 27 stands in alignment with the cam 26 and since the spring 28 normally holds the pedal 24 in uplifted position, it follows that the operator may throw the cam 26 over and forwardly on the roller 27 by depressing the pedal. A relativelyshort bell crank arm 29 is integral with the pedal 24and the cam 26 is carried on the upper inner face of this bell crank arm, the structure being so proportioned as seen in the drawings that considerable leverage is had by the. long pedal 24 reaching towards the front of the machine. Therefore a comparatively light thrust from the foot of the operator is suflicient to roll the cam face 26 over the roller 27 to produce extreme jaw pressure.

A kick off-pedal 31 is pivoted at 32in the frame and is disposed in alignment with the pedal 24 so that the operator may depress the pedal 31 downwardly to move the pressure pedal 24:- upwardly to disengage the cam 26 from the roller 27 thereby permitting the I press to open by gravity in case the manufac- -turer desires to incorporate. slight excess weight in the lower jaw parts 21, or permitting the press to be opened manually in case the jaw parts balance one with the other.

A work table 34 is preferably mounted on the buck standard 15 and therefore follows" the jaw 21 up and down to support the edges of the work, but I may mount the table 34 on the pedestal 10 if preferred and permit the standard 15 to move up and downthrough a slot formed in the table. It is apparent that a pressing machine of this character possesses certain advantages in that its principal operating parts are arranged vertically and therefore take up less factory floor space than where the main operating parts are horizontally mounted. Furthermore a pressing machine of this character is lighter'in weight because of the absence 5 of counter-balancing parts which are very heavy in jaw presses having large area ironmg aces. a I

It is observed how the head and buck move away from each other in a forwardly and 40 rearwardly horizontal or lateral direction at i the same time that they travel vertically in relation to each other. This is an advantage in that it increases the visibility of the buck surface because the buck sweeps forwardly from underneath the pressing head and so extended visibility and open freedom of the buck surface results so that the operator may readily spread the work on the buck.

' It is noteworthy that the levers 12,0ne above the other, afford a radius link operatingconnection for both the buck and head uprights 15 and 18. In other words, the left end of the levers 12 affords a radius link guiding connect-ion by which the head is carried for,

5 bodily compound motion including a vertical and lateral direction in respect to the buck, and prime mover means, such as the-pedal 24.

. cooperate with the'upright 18 to produce pressure. 1

Q What I. claim is:

' j 1. A pressing machine comprising co-operating press jaws, a frame, parallel standards movably carried on the frame to support the jaws; swinging parallel levers pivoted in the frame and pivotally connected with the standards and operative to simultaneously move both jaws by imparting thereto vertical motion, and by imparting thereto forwardly and rearwardly opening motion to said jaws and means for forcing the press jaws together.

2. A pressing machine comprising in combination, cooperating jaws,.a vertical support standard fixed to each jaw, parallel 'motion means movably mounting each vertical support, and operating means for producing jaw compression. f

3. A pressing machine comprising in combination, cooperating jaws, a vertical support standard fixed to each jaw, parallel motion means movably mounting each vertical support standard, and a pedal and means cooperating therewith to apply jaw compression.

4. A pressing machine comprising in combination, a frame, cooperatlng press aws,

parallel motion operating. means pivoted in the frame and to which each jaw isattached; said jaws adapted to simultaneously move relatively one from the other in two directions namely, vertically apart, and horizontally apart; means for producing jaw compression, and means to cause the press to normally act by gravitational pull and remain;

in one predetermined position.

5. A pressing machine comprising in combination, cooperating press jaws, means movably supporting each jaw; mechanism forming a part of the means causing each jaw to simultaneously move in two directions name- 1y, vertically apart, and horizontally apart;

and means for producing jaw compression. 1 6. A pressing machlne comprising 1n combination, cooperatlng presslng aws, a frame standard, jaw standards disposed parallel to the frame standard carrying the jaws,- parallel levers pivoted on the frame standard and pivotally connectedwith the aforesaid jaw standards, and pressure applying means to produce'jaw compression 7. A pressing machine comprising in combination, cooperating pressing jaws, a frame standard, jaw standards disposed parallel to the frame standard and carrying the jaws, parallel levers pivoted on the frame standard and pivotally connected withthe aforesaid j aw standards, one of thej aw standards including a horizontal extension attached to the top surface of one of the jaws, a handle carried onthe end of the horizontal extension, and-pressure applying 'means to produce jaw compression.

, 8. A pressing machine comprising in combination, cooperating pressing jaws, a frame standard, jaw standards disposed parallel to the frame standard and carrying the jaws, parallel levers pivoted on the frame standard and pivotally connected with the aforesaid jaw standards, a table disposed beneath one of the jaws and attached to a jaw standlift ardadapted to follow the movement of the opening and closing press jaws, and pressure applying means to produce jaw compression.

9. A pressing machine comprising in combination, a frame standard, movable jaw standards disposed parallel to the frame standard, operating levers pivoted on the frame standard and pivotally carrying the jaw standards, a press jaw fixed on the upper end of each standard, a table placed underneath the lower jaw and above the frame standard, an extension formed on one standard reaching up past the rear part of the table, a horizontal arm formed on the extension reaching forwardly and attached to cone of the jaws as aforesaid, and operating means to produce jaw compression.

' 10. A pressing machine comprising in combination, a frame, a pair of parallel upright members, means carried by the frame pivotally supporting the members and holding them parallel during operation, said means also acting to cause one member to move up as the other moves down, a press jaw carried on the! upper end of each member, and operating means to produce jaw compression.

11. A pressing machine comprising in combination, a frame, a pair of parallel upright members, means carried by the frame pivotally supportingthe members and holding them parallel during operation, said means also acting to cause one member to move up as the other moves down, a press jaw carried on the upper end of each member, a pedal pivoted in the frame,j and means operating by the pedal and cooperating with themembers by which jaw compression is produced.

12. A pressing machine comprising in combination, a frame, a pair of parallel upright members, means carried by the frame pivotally supporting the members and holding them parallel during operation, said means also acting to cause one member to move up as the other moves down, a press jaw carried on the upper end of each member, a pedal pivoted in the frame, and a cam and roller means cooperating with the pedal and with one of the upright members toproduce aw compression. A

13. A pressing machine COIIIPIlSlIlg 1n combination, spaced upright parallel movable jaw standards, a vertical frame disposed therebetweenfhorizontal levers pivoted on I the frame with their ends pivotally connected with the jaw standards, a press jaw mounted on the upper end of each jaw. standard, and pressure producing means acting on the jaw standards.

14:. A pressin machine comprising in come d upright parallel movable jaw standards, a vertical frame disposed therebetween, horizontal levers pivoted on the frame with their ends pivotally connectother standard reaching above the buck and extended horizontally forwardly above the buck, a press head carried by the horizontal portion of the standard and adapted to rise and fall on the aforesaid buck, operating means carried by the frame pivotally supporting the upright standards and rendering them movable aforesaid, and pressure producing means cooperating with the operation means to produce jaw compression.

16. A pressing machine comprising in combination, cooperating press jaws; parallel motion apparatus on which the jaws are mounted, including means to cause said jaws to move vertically in relation to each other, and simultaneously laterally in relation to each other to effect wide opening and closing jaw action; and means to operate the parallel motion apparatus.

17 A pressing machine comprising in combination, cooperating press aws; parallel motion apparatus on which the jaws are mounted, including means to cause said jaws to move vertically in relation to each other, and simultaneously laterally in relation to each other to effect wide opening and closing jaw action; means to operate the parallel motion apparatus, and weight means operatively efiecting the parallel motion apparatus causing the press jaws to move to a predeter- .mined position and normally remain in that position.

' 18. A pressing machine comprising in combination, cooperating press jaws; parallel motion apparatus on which the jaws are mounted, including means to cause said jaws to move vertically in relation to each other, and simultaneoh'sly laterally in relation to each other to effect wide opening and closing jaw action; means to operate the parallel motion apparatus, and weight means operatively afiecting the parallel motion apparatus imposing a force thereon to open the jaws and normally hold them open.

19. In a garment or laundry press, a frame, a coacting press head and'buck, operating means for the head including an upright the upper end of which has an integral forwardly directed portion which is attached to the head,-a radius link pivotal connection made between the lower end of the upright and frame, a second radius link swingable connection made between the upright and the frame of the upright to produce jaw compression and including a cam actuated bythe means, and a roller journaled on the upright and engaged by the cam to draw down' on the upright. J

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

BASIL J. YANOHENKO. 

